By Madelyn Neher, Sabbath Recorder correspondent The Dodge Center Seventh Day Baptist Church hosted the 2018 Spring Fellowship Retreat on March 23-24 in Dodge Center with the theme “Revive Our Hearts.” This retreat is the new generation of what has been Semi-Annual Meetings between our churches in Dodge Center, MN, and New Auburn, WI, and in the last few years,...
Pastors Conference 2018
May 23, 2018
From April 27 to 29, 2018, more than 50 pastors and spouses came to confer, learn, pray, encourage, worship, and laugh with each other around the theme, “Less Talk More Action.” Pastor Dave Stall and the congregation at the First Hopkinton SDB Church proved to be gracious and generous hosts for all of us. Our bellies and hearts were full from the food and...
Less Talk, More Action
May 23, 2018
A reflection on the General Conference 2018 theme Churches are very good at discussions. In this day and age, it seems as though we have to be because there are many people who have questions and/or attack the Christian belief system. Christians need to be apologists and be able to turn the questions around and defend the faith. It is a belief, subconscious or...
Paisley
May 23, 2018
By Sarina Villalpando Maranatha Community Church in Colton, CA I’m going to start this article by saying I had serious writer’s block and didn’t know what to write about—so I’m going to write about my bunny. Also a side note, I am writing this in April and sorry to those who don’t like informal writing. On April 7, 2018, I got a beautiful pet rabbit. For a...
Proclaiming the Gospel around the World Through Personal Relationships
By Rob Appel Last month, there was an article in the “Sabbath Recorder” paying tribute to my good friend Jonas Sommer. Jonas and his family were tragically taken from us on February 15th in an automobile accident. Jonas was the President of the SDB World Federation. He had sent out a correspondence to all the members of the World Federation giving them a...
Autism Spectrum Disorder
Barb Green, Parish Nurse Milton, WI Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is a developmental disability that can cause significant social, communication and behavioral challenges. Although there may be nothing in the way people with ASD look to set them apart, they may communicate, interact, behave, and learn in ways that are different from most other people. The...